Frist Center for the Visual Arts Announces 2011 Season Events, Featuring Warhol LiveAugust 20, 2010The Frist Center for the Visual Arts celebrates its tenth year and continues to gain prominence as a major center for art exhibitions with the 2011 Ingram Gallery exhibition schedule that includes the Frist-organized Vishnu: Hinduism's Blue-Skinned Savior, Warhol Live: Music and Dance in Andy Warhol's Work and the stunning exhibition of Egyptian antiquities, To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum.
Fells Point Corner Theatre to Present FOOL FOR LOVE, Sept. 17 to Oct. 17August 20, 2010Twenty-four years ago, Fells Point Corner Theatre was born. Its first main stage production was Fool For Love, by Sam Shepard, directed by Barry Feinstein. Fell's Point Corner Theatre is delighted to announce that Fool for Love, once again under Barry Feinstein's direction, will open the 2010-2011 Season.
The Staten Island Children's Museum Announces August 2010 ProgramsAugust 20, 2010The Staten Island Children's Museum has announced their summer events schedule for the remainder of August. Museum Hours are usually noon - 5 p.m. when NYC public schools are open and 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. when NYC public schools are closed (including weekends & summer recess).
Totem Pole Playhouse Extends its 60th Anniversary Season with LATE NIGHT CATECHISMAugust 20, 2010Totem Pole Playhouse will extend its 60th anniversary season with eight performances of the wildly popular Late Nite Catechism by Vicki Quade and Maripat Donovan. This one woman, audience participatory show, which is billed as part catechism class and part stand-up routine, first open in 1993 in Chicago, IL. Now in its 17th year, Late Nite Catechism has brought its nostalgic look at life in Catholic school to all 50 states as well as Canada, the U.K., and Australia
New York Clown Theatre Festival to Offer Clown Cabarets & Workshops, Sept. 3-26August 20, 2010The 2010 New York Clown Theatre Festival begins on September 3 with its traditional opening day parade from Union Square through the L line subway to Williamsburg, followed by an open-to-the-public pie fight at The Brick Theater. The festival closes on September 26 with the traditional closing day Funeral, with clowns weeping and wailing in the streets of Williamsburg. This year's festival will also present 5 different clown cabarets, including a cabaret devoted to clowns over 50, Short and Fatty's Half-Century Extravaganza.
US Tour of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Extends Through Oct. 31August 20, 2010The US tour of The Phantom of the Opera is coming to an end, and the final performance has been announced for October at Los Angeles' Pantages Theater. The run at Pantages Theater will begin September 23 and run through October 31.
The Duplex Presents IN PROVIDENCE, a Musical Comedy, Aug. 20 August 20, 2010Tonight, The Duplex hosts In Providence, a musical comedy which allows the audience to decide the characters' fates. The audience gets the chance to decide the setting for the love story that takes place within the musical, choosing from the pitches set before them by the Muses.
David Alan Grier to Guest Star on FOX's Crime Drama 'Bones,' Oct. 2010August 19, 2010TVGuide.com has reported that Tony Award nominee David Alan Grier is slated to guest star in an upcoming episode of Bones, the FOX crime drama series. Grier is to play Professor Bunsen Jude the 'Science Dude,' in a role based off of the popular children's TV show host Bill Nye the Science Guy.
Full Cast Set for THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG Benefit 8/30August 19, 2010The full cast has been announced for The Actors Fund benefit, They're Playing Our Song. The one-night event will take place on Monday, August 30th at 7:30pm and will raise money to help support The Actors Fund.